Popular baby names in California, 1922

The most popular baby names in California in 1922 were Mary for girls (1,733 babies) and Robert for boys (2,114). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,002 babies born in California in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1922

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Emiko: 22 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Toshiko: 25 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Masako: 25 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Mitsuko: 17 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Lupe: 113 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Yoshiko: 25 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Carmelita: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Kiyoko: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Esperanza: 31 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Concha: 17 babies, 9.3× the national rate

Boys

Kazuo: 28 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Minoru: 22 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Akira: 19 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Kiyoshi: 25 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Yoshio: 24 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Hiroshi: 26 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Joaquin: 26 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Masao: 21 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Salvador: 59 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Rafael: 35 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	1,733	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,067	–	2
3	Betty	954	–	6
4	Margaret	737	↑1	4
5	Helen	711	↓1	3
6	Barbara	708	↑1	40
7	Virginia	696	↓1	7
8	Frances	501	↑1	10
9	Ruth	491	↓1	5
10	Marjorie	434	–	16
11	Elizabeth	390	↑3	9
12	Alice	386	–	15
13	Evelyn	369	↓2	13
14	Jean	369	↓1	20
15	Patricia	361	↑3	69
16	Doris	351	↑1	11
17	June	345	↓2	45
18	Marie	327	↓2	14
19	Florence	298	↑2	18
20	Josephine	288	↑2	27
21	Gloria	286	↑29	61
22	Eleanor	280	↓2	28
23	Mildred	265	↓4	8
24	Phyllis	258	↑2	53
25	Lorraine	257	↓2	56
26	Rose	253	↓2	23
27	Lois	233	↓2	35
28	Shirley	231	↑1	39
29	Lillian	215	↓2	19
30	Irene	210	–	17
31	Jane	199	↑1	55
32	Grace	195	↑2	38
33	Lucille	195	↓5	33
34	Louise	190	↑2	22
35	Esther	181	↓2	44
36	Catherine	173	↓5	24
37	Bernice	172	↑2	41
38	Marian	169	↑7	67
39	Dolores	164	new	>100
40	Gladys	164	↑8	25
41	Geraldine	163	–	58
42	Norma	161	↓7	46
43	Anna	155	↓6	12
44	Jeanne	152	↑3	97
45	Katherine	151	↑4	54
46	Edith	150	↓3	34
47	Carmen	149	↓1	>100
48	Marion	149	↓8	42
49	Beatrice	146	new	43
50	Edna	145	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	2,114	–	2
2	John	1,509	–	1
3	William	1,429	–	3
4	George	959	–	6
5	James	925	–	4
6	Richard	736	↑2	9
7	Charles	707	↑2	5
8	Frank	694	↓2	10
9	Jack	674	↓2	18
10	Donald	572	–	12
11	Edward	510	–	8
12	Joseph	466	–	7
13	Harold	387	↑2	13
14	Thomas	364	↑4	11
15	Albert	363	↓1	20
16	Raymond	358	↓3	16
17	Arthur	315	↑4	19
18	David	314	↑6	24
19	Walter	312	↑1	15
20	Henry	309	↓1	17
21	Joe	307	↓5	35
22	Paul	306	↓5	14
23	Harry	291	–	22
24	Kenneth	288	↓2	21
25	Ralph	258	↑2	23
26	Manuel	251	↓1	>100
27	Eugene	240	↑1	25
28	Fred	221	↓2	33
29	Howard	219	↑2	26
30	Ernest	201	–	37
31	Louis	201	↑1	27
32	Roy	198	↑2	32
33	Alfred	178	–	42
34	Stanley	177	↑4	41
35	Lawrence	174	↑2	36
36	Herbert	173	↑10	40
37	Carl	166	↑3	30
38	Tony	162	↓3	>100
39	Warren	160	↓10	45
40	Jose	151	↑7	>100
41	Clarence	146	–	29
42	Daniel	143	–	47
43	Earl	140	↓4	31
44	Francis	125	↓8	34
45	Gerald	124	new	58
46	Norman	124	↑2	44
47	Edwin	123	new	52
48	Leonard	123	↓5	38
49	Peter	122	↓5	57
50	Bill	117	new	>100

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